Abstract
4/2023
vol. 125
Case report
Atypical Cogan’s syndrome case with recovery of hearing loss
- Department of Ophthalmology, Provincial Specialist Hospital, Slupsk, Poland
KLINIKA OCZNA 2023, 125, 4: 252-256
Online publish date: 2023/12/08
Aim
To report a case of Cogan’s syndrome with successful recovery of hearing loss.
Case report
A 26-year-old man with interstitial keratitis was treated by a local ophthalmologist for conjunctivitis after parainfluenza. As no improvement took place and vestibular symptoms occurred, the patient was hospitalized. Cogan’s syndrome with profound hearing loss was diagnosed. Long-term steroid therapy gradually reduced the inflammation. After 5 months of treatment the hearing successfully recovered and no systemic symptoms occurred until the seventh month of follow-up.
Conclusions
Early diagnosis and immunosuppressive treatment can help to prevent irreversible deafness.
Keywords
atypical Cogan’s syndrome, interstitial keratitis, hearing loss, steroids, autoimmune disease
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